Database Info

yongzh's Emulators

01 - Ataroid _v1.0.4 For Emulate Atari 2600
02 - GameBoid_v2.4.7+BIOS For Emulate Gameboy Advence
03 - GBCoid_v1.8.6 For Emulate Gameboy & Gamboy Color
04 - Gearoid_v1.7.2 For Emulate Sega Master&Game Gear
05 - Gensoid_v2.4.3 For Emulate Sega Genesis
06 - N64oid _v1.1.4 For Emulate Nintendo 64
07 - Nesoid_v2.5.0 For Emulate Nintendo
08 - SNesoid_v2.2.4 For Emulate Super Nintendo
AWOSOME!!
MOD EDIT:: Attachments removed - Paid apps available in the Android Market.

Please close thread. Piracy
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mattmiller said:
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I thought they were available for free from the SlideME market?

HomerSp said:
I thought they were available for free from the SlideME market?
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Yes they are, free of charge.
I happily paid for these when they were in the Android market though. I'm glad that others can enjoy them too though.

This is not piracy. The guy was selling gpl code without giving proper credit.

It was announced that they will be available for free from SlideMe for a limited time only. If you want the apps, go through SlideMe. Posting them here is piracy.
As for the legitimacy of whether he stole code or not, is not the issue here.

sharing free apps isn't piracy. If he was posting them here and they weren't free then it would be piracy

since the dev posted these on slideME for free that technically wouldnt make them warez...the issue is is that google/other companies personally took them down from the Market, so XDA might be in trouble by hosting them. idk though

Well until this all gets resolved one way or another, I'll just download these suckers and play around with them a bit.
For those that are worried about it so much, report this to a moderator and let them decide what to do. Going back and forward about it here in this thread isn't going to do nothing but waste your time and bump up the thread even more..............just my 2 cents!

N64oid costs 30 cents on the dev page. Technically that should be the only problem here. I would have just posted a link to his page instead of a zip.
Edit: Looks like he changed the price, now N64oid is free too! Here's a link to the dev page for anyone looking for it. SlideME | Android Community And Application Marketplace

seboj said:
It was announced that they will be available for free from SlideMe for a limited time only. If you want the apps, go through SlideMe. Posting them here is piracy.
As for the legitimacy of whether he stole code or not, is not the issue here.
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Yongzh doesn't own the code. So downloading it is not piracy.
Buying these apps is piracy.

If it's under GPL license, then he CAN charge you for binary code, BUT he has to provide the source code on request of the buyer, and the buyer then can share the code and binaries to whomever and whenever he chooses, and the next people who get through the buyer are free to distribute it however much they please.

Regardless of whether or not these apps are available on the SlideMe market for free or not, they are still paid apps on the Android Market and are not yours to distribute freely. Posting them here is warez and will be treated as such regardless of whether or not you can find them somewhere else for free.
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Emulators being brought off market?

Hi!
What i want is emulators for snes, nes, n64 and psone. There has been several of these on android market, but because they breach a licence agreement by earning cash on the emulators, they are taken off. This happens with -oid emulators and with tiger emulators.
Anyone have any working emulators? Why can't they be on market for free? I feel scammed having payed for several of tbe -oid programs, but now I am unable to get them any more how was I supposed to know about the licence when I bought these apps?
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Mixy said:
Hi!
What i want is emulators for snes, nes, n64 and psone. There has been several of these on android market, but because they breach a licence agreement by earning cash on the emulators, they are taken off. This happens with -oid emulators and with tiger emulators.
Anyone have any working emulators? Why can't they be on market for free? I feel scammed having payed for several of tbe -oid programs, but now I am unable to get them any more how was I supposed to know about the licence when I bought these apps?
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No, it wasn't because they were making money off of them. I'm not sure where people get this idea that app makers should never ask for money when they've provided sought-after services. PSX4droid has been made free since being pulled from the Market, and it's still not allowed back on there. It's more likely to have been pulled because of legal concerns by allowing emulators to be sold there. It's not illegal, no, but it's sketchy and makes the Market look less friendly to video game software and (in the case of Sony) hardware developers. Companies are going to be more inclined to develop ports to Android if there aren't emulators raining on their parade.
And I'm not sure, but aren't requests for emulators against the rules here? I know roms are, but not entirely certain about the emulators.

The N64 emulator works great ... especially with the Wii Remote app !
Some of the old games played with a Wii Remote and HDMId out to a 46 inch LCD ... retro heaven

some of these emulators had been there since the beginning.
It's a lame move to remove them.
especially if they are not linking you to illegal content.

I agree that illegal software should be removed, but i cant see how emulator for outdated patents is illegal.
And @thracia yes, it was because they were making money off it. They didnt create the programs themselves, they just stole free software, and made money off it. The creators of the software rightfully asked for it to be removed.

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Why can't they be on market for free?
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They can be, check out Snes9x EX in the official android market.
The developers of the other emulators you mentioned are greedy and stole open source code. They violated GPL by not giving credit to the sources.
Look at console emulators for windows, linux, etc. Not one is sold as a commercial product.

thanks for the help!

I don't think emulators hurt anyone but Sony considering they have a PS phone out there.

Mixy said:
Hi!
What i want is emulators for snes, nes, n64 and psone. There has been several of these on android market, but because they breach a licence agreement by earning cash on the emulators, they are taken off. This happens with -oid emulators and with tiger emulators.
Anyone have any working emulators? Why can't they be on market for free? I feel scammed having payed for several of tbe -oid programs, but now I am unable to get them any more how was I supposed to know about the licence when I bought these apps?
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Mixy, the developer for the -oid emulators has put them up for free on SlideME, and alternate market, specially to provide updates for the people who paid for them in the first place. I know it's not as convenient, but it's the best he can do, I believe.

Does anyone know a TRUSTWORTHY site where you can get the free tiger emulators (like tiger (gba|gbc|snes))

I have seen some free emulators on the internet...
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Thank yoou

Huge Google/Android Numbers

Market with over 250,000 apps: http://www.androidcentral.com/android-market-now-has-more-quarter-million-applications
Android now at 550,000 activations/day: http://www.androidcentral.com/android-now-seeing-550000-activations-every-day-larry-page-says
Google+ *Beta has over 10 million users: http://www.androidcentral.com/google-private-beta-has-more-10-million-members
Awesome news for Google and Android

Well since everyone else seems to have ignored your post, I'll have to reply
Google is and always will be my favorite company (Other than my own of course...)
I for one welcome our new overlords.

I have a big number, too! This my 10th post!
Finally. Now I can post in the development forums. Weird forum-rule.

go Google! they just have to find a way to deal with the patent trolls.

yay
pew pew
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That's great news!!!

This is great.....

Fake Temple Run hits the market.

https://market.android.com/details?...251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50ZW1wbGUucnVuLmdhbWUiXQ..
A friend of mine shared this on facebook, at first i was excited but reading all the reviews made me suspicious. It looks official however it seems like its a scam and probably has malware in it. I didnt download it but people are saying the app wont open until you share it on FB or Twitter, and then it shows this countdown to when its fully released.
@TempleRun tweeted this 1 hour ago "Temple Run is not yet out for Android. The new scam claiming to be Temple Run is a fake that puts malware on your phone. Do not DL. Sigh."
Heads up people! do not download it !

Thanks and i think it's a scam too. imangi studios also shared this on facebook:
"In the meantime, anything on Android claiming to be Temple Run is a SCAM. When the real Temple Run is out, you guys will be the first to know!"
Google should be careful like Apple about security if they tell us not to use an antivirus software for Android. They say, they have an antivirus system scanning the apps uploaded to the Market, but it doesn't work well i think.

thanks for the heads up

Link comes up as item not found. Google acted pretty quickly on this...
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Im glad they pulled it off the market.
I dont understand how they let it through in the first place .. i mean they stole the exact name/icon/developer name. That mustve been frustrating for Imangi Studios ..
Google should seriously revise their market rules and regulations.
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[Q] Copyright on (old) games

Hi,
I was wondering if there is some kind of copyright on (old) games.
Let's say I have ported a classig game to a mobile platform and even tried to reuse much of the graphics.
Can the company that created the orginal game protest and even take further legal steps?
Also, can I use the orgininal name?
Thx,
Bart

That depends, on company as well as on the game, there are some sites in the www providing old games for free, totally legal. Don't think it would be illegal to port these games to android, but I'm no lawyer...
\\Just google for Abandonware, there you'll find some sites
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Copyright varies from country to country. You can google and find how long copyright lasts in your country but don't expect a favourable answer. For many things it's 70 years after the author/creator's death.